Search results for iridescence:
Bees attracted by floral iridescence
Biology /
Jan 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Plants and their pollinators are the focus of ground-breaking research by Dr Heather Whitney, recently appointed Lloyds Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences. Her latest work, carried ...
Iridescence invisible to human eye enables bees to view flowers in different colours
Biology /
Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bees see some flowers in multicolour because of previously unknown iridescence of the petals, usually invisible to the human eye, researchers from the University of Cambridge report this week ...
Iridescence found in 40-million-year-old fossil bird feather
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Known for their wide variety of vibrant plumage, birds have evolved various chemical and physical mechanisms to produce these beautiful colors over millions of years. A team of paleontologists and ornithologists ...
Material Changes its Color, Depending on How You Look at It
Feb 04, 2008 |
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Looking at the metallic woodboring beetle head-on, the insect appears red. But viewing it from the side, the beetle starts to take on a greenish hue, and then turns completely green at an 80-degree angle. ...
Study: Squid are masters of disguise
Biology /
Sep 25, 2006 |
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U.S. marine scientists say squid are masters of disguise, using their pigmented skin cells to camouflage themselves nearly instantaneously from predators.
Fossil feathers preserve evidence of color
Biology /
Jul 09, 2008 |
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The traces of organic material found in fossil feathers are remnants of pigments that once gave birds their color, according to Yale scientists whose paper in Biology Letters opens up the potential to dep ...
The Photonic Beetle: Nature Builds Diamond-Like Crystals For Future Optical Computers
May 20, 2008 |
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Researchers have been unable to build an ideal “photonic crystal” to manipulate visible light, impeding the dream of ultrafast optical computers. But now, University of Utah chemists have discovered that nature ...
Nanometric butterfly wings created
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 08, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from the State University of Pennsylvania (USA) and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) have developed a technique to replicate biological structures, such as butterfly wings, ...
Researchers create gold aluminum, black platinum, blue silver
Feb 01, 2008 |
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Using a tabletop laser, a University of Rochester optical scientist has turned pure aluminum, gold. And blue. And gray. And many other colors. And it works for every metal tested, including platinum, titanium, ...
Mother-of-pearl -- Classic beauty and remarkable strength
Jul 02, 2007 |
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While the shiny material of pearls and abalone shells has long been prized for its iridescence and aesthetic value in jewelry and decorations, scientists admire mother-of-pearl for other physical properties ...
Butterflies on the prowl show some color
Biology /
Apr 27, 2007 |
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Sex sells. The thrum and flash of an automobile, the whisper of designer silk, the tease of a tattoo, and the ching-ching of gold chains and rings are paired in media and on the streets with come-hither abdominal tautness ...
